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Mauritania

A nation of 5.3 million on the Atlantic, with iron ore, gas and fisheries, whose public debt fell to 39.9% of GDP in 2025 and which began a new IMF programme in June 2026.

Perfect Nations values what Mauritania owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Mauritania at a glance

  • 5.3mPeopleWorld Bank, 2025
  • Furthest from reach · Education94.8%of children in Mauritania cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school, on 2004 dataWorld Bank, 2004
  • 2Instruments and investments on recordCapital already committed

What we do for Mauritania

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Coast to The People.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurels2 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Education is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Mauritania toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • $240MCommitted to the coast with Benin, 2026

    The Coast

    One of the richest fishing grounds of the Atlantic, now protected and financed as a blue economy.

  • 11.5%Of GDP from natural resource rents, 2021

    The Ground

    Iron ore and gold earn today, with gas from the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim field shared with Senegal.

  • 1.03M km²Land area, 2024

    The Land

    Territory to farm, mine, power and protect.

  • 38.5%Of the land in agriculture, 2024

    The Farmland

    Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its harvest.

  • 5.3mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    42.4% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

Debt down, gas and iron up.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Mauritania owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

  • 39.9%Public sector debt, share of GDP, 2025, down from 52.4% in 2021IMF, 2026
  • $95.8MNew 42-month Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility, approved 24 June 2026IMF, 2026
  • $91MDisbursed on the fifth reviews, January 2026Financial Afrik, 2026
  • $240MWest Africa Coastal Areas programme, Phase 1, with BeninWorld Bank, 2026

Capital already committed

  • MultilateralApprovedExtended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility, 2026$95.8M

    IMF · Approved 24 June 2026 · 42 months

    Building on the 2022–2026 programme: institutions, human capital and governance of public enterprises.

    IMF

    Source
  • RegionalApprovedWest Africa Coastal Areas (WACA+), Phase 1$240M

    World Bank · Approved 17 March 2026 · With Benin

    Total for Benin and Mauritania

    Coastal protection and blue economy value chains.

    World Bank

    Source

The Mauritania Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Mariem Mint Ahmed, Nation Steward of Mauritania

Mariem Mint AhmedNation Steward of Mauritania · SI Researcher

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03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Mauritania, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Mauritania in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Mauritania: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Mauritania.WATER77.3%SHELTER41.4%ENERGY45.8FOOD34.9%EDUCATION5.2HEALTH40LIVELIHOOD68.2%
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Education · furthest from reach5.2% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2004, datedWorld Bank, 2004

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The price of Perfect Mauritania

To be set with Mauritania, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Mauritania, each year.

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  • Food34.9%Not food insecure; 65.1% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2024
  • Water77.3%Basic drinking water; safely managed water is not measured (lenient)WHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter41.4%City dwellers outside slums; 58.6% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measuredUN-Habitat, 2022
  • Energy45.8About 458 kWh of electricity a person a year, against the Living Line of 1,000; 56% cook with clean fuels (2024)Ember, 2024
  • Education5.25.2% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2004, datedWorld Bank, 2004
  • Health40WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood68.2%Above the national poverty line; 31.8% live below it, datedWorld Bank, 2019

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Mauritania. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group. Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Mauritania

  • The Solution for MauritaniaEducation

    Finance learning, not only classrooms.

    • 01The challenge94.8% Of children in Mauritania cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school, on 2004 data. World Bank, 2004
    • 02The dealProgram-for-Results, proved in Tanzania, 2021: $588M for primary school learning. World Bank, project P169380
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where education is furthest from reach should borrow on a Program-for-Results basis, releasing each tranche only when pupils reach an agreed learning level, verified independently. With super intelligence, reading levels can be tracked school by school, so that every child who falls behind is reached in time.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsMauritania

Dear Mauritania,

You have cut your debt from half your economy to four tenths in four years, and you hold iron, gold, gas and one of the richest seas of the Atlantic.

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Nearly six in ten of your city dwellers live in slums. Let the sea and the gas build homes, water and schools.

“The sea and the gas can build a home for every family. Let them.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Mauritania ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Mauritania, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of Mauritania, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments
  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Education, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing
  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab
  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Mauritanians and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Mauritania into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Mauritania, published with your name.

    Submit your writing
  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Mauritania.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Mauritania already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Mauritania.

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The Mauritania ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Mauritania with us.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API, last updated 8 October 2026), accessed 10 November 2026: population 2025, ages 0 to 14 2025, land area and agricultural and forest land 2024, renewable fresh water per person 2022, natural resource rents 2021, renewable electricity output 2021, electricity access and clean cooking 2024.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, PR 26/26 (28 January 2026) and PR 26/223 (24 June 2026). Financial Afrik, 30 January 2026.
  4. World Bank, WACA+ press release, 17 March 2026.
  5. Electricity used per person: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data (2026 release), accessed 12 November 2026.
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